Before You Buy the New FMS 1-7 Bronco… WATCH THIS!

I honestly can't believe how well this thing is handling. Oh, look at that suspension work. That is sick, guys. Love watching the suspension work on an Ultra 4. This one's got some weight to it. I'm so used to all the small little crawlers coming in from FMS. And today we're going to check out the 1.7 scale Bronco Funhabber. They've been advertising it and it's just really messing with me. I've got to drive one of these things. They look absolutely awesome. We're just going to crack this open. Let's just dive into a closer look at the body details on this. What an awesome looking beast right out of the box. I'm sorry, FMS model, but I like this better than the Ridge Racer. And I was a fan of that model. Great job partnering up with RTR Vehicles to get the licensing on this. Recreating this amazing Ultra 4 machine. Like that it's licensed. We got the RTR logo, rigid, Ford performance, even Nitto tires. Look at the lugs on these tires, guys. This is actually a solid tire. I'm going to go over that in a minute, but let's take a little bit closer of a look at the body. So molded grill up front, LED lights in the light bar, and it's got taillights too. This thing is going to look sick if you're running at night. Mud flaps on the back, roll cage to help protect the inside of the body because it's got to look scale too, right guys? Fake winch on the front bumper. You got a fuel cell in the back, fire extinguisher, reservoirs just to enhance the scale look of it. Then, of course, an interior molded Lexan decals for the dashboard, and I got to pop this body off. It does have body clips in the front. That takes away from the scale look just a little bit, but I've gone ahead here and unscrewed the cage. Actually, the rear sway bar. So that's attached to the cage in the rear, and the limiting straps are also attached. They go down to the axle, so you're going to have to remove that if you want to take the body completely off, but there are four body clips to just hinge up the front so you can access the battery pack. We got some internal bracing, always nice to see. All the wires are nicely laid out, kind of typical for FMS, and here is a look at the chassis. So actually, when you pull this out of the box, there's going to be a Lexan cover over the chassis. That's going to help protect the inside from getting dirt in there, and that was one issue I had with the Ridge Racer. It did pack a lot of dirt in. Now, the only thing is, though, that dust shield, it's Velcroed down, and I just think that this is going to come off after just a few uses. Would have been nice if they had some body clips to hold down that shield. That's something you guys are going to have to just work around at some point. Now, let's take a closer look. It looks exactly like the Ridge Racer chassis. There are a couple little tweaks here, and this is a shared platform. It's actually been out and around the RC world for a while, but it's under the FMS label, and it's actually a really good-looking chassis. So starting off with the chassis plate itself, that's stamped aluminum. Nice gray anodizing on that. It's got a stamped upper plate as well. This is aluminum, so that's going to add to the bracing of it, and it's got bracing throughout. So rear shock towers are braced with these aluminum rods, so good-looking setup. It was a lot of fun driving the Ridge Racer. The battery tray, well, this is an area I wish that they made some modifications to. So this tray here, it fits two 2S packs just fine, but this is a 6S machine, and if you try to put two standard 5,000-milliamp 3S packs in, it doesn't really seem to fit. I do have a Turnigy pack. It's a 6,000-pack 6S that fits in here nicely. I just have to go and use a jumper plug to use that single pack. So just be aware to get the right pack for if you're purchasing it, just so once you get it, you're able to run it. And then it's got this double wishbone suspension setup. These lower arms, really chunky-looking. Stout-looking steering knuckles on the outside, and then they switched things up here. They gave us fixed links to the steering. However, going through the box, they gave the tie rods, or the turnbuckles, I should say, in a separate package. So if you want to go and assemble those yourself, throw those on there to get some tow adjustability, you'll be able to do that. And then the steering cranks, looks like they're a pretty good setup. However, the servos here, it just feels really soft, almost like it should be a spring in a 10-scale car soft. So we'll have to see how well it steers. But back to the suspension, eight shocks on this. So one of them has the coil spring for rebound, obviously. The other's a slave shock. The shock with the spring on it does have an adjustable collar to help adjust ride height, but really plush suspension. It feels pretty firm. And then in the rear here, again, the double shock setup. On each trailing arm, the trailing arm looks solid, and then really heavy-duty upper links here out to the axle. Into the driveline, three differentials in this one, front, center, and rear. The center has an aluminum diff cup on it. That's because that one builds up heat. We've got a steel spur gear, even a metal motor mount. Really good setup. Front and rear differentials, they feel a little light as far as oil goes. So, you know, you can't go ahead, tune them with oil yourself. Full ball bearing support, and then CV axles out to the front. And of course, you got this solid rear end. Look at that beast. Still like the look of it. Universal drive shaft to the center here. And if you want to see this opened up, definitely check out my Ridge Racer video. I took it apart for that. Not going to do it again here. But definitely worth watching the action in that video too. Wheels and tires, these are different from the Ridge Racer. Love the look of these, the spoke style. And then the Nitto Trail Grapplers. These seem pretty firm, guys. Seems like it's got a really stiff insert on the inside as well. Into the electronics, there's a large-scale servo tucked down onto the chassis. 60kg metal gear, and then it does have a metal servo horn. Definitely like seeing that. On top of it is this Hobbywing 150-amp speed controller. This has your general programming of throttle punch and brake. Definitely has a good reputation out there, especially in a ready-to-run cooling fan on top. EC5 connectors on that. And then that's sending power back to this 4274-size 1600KV motor. Aluminum can on that. And again, mounted to an aluminum motor mount. Just wish there was some room in there to add a cooling fan. Not so easy to get one in there. And actually, I wish it kind of came with one. But not the case. You're going to have to hunt one down. It does say that it has a sealed receiver box. And I don't think this is sealed. So if I pop this off, no rubber gasket on here. Just this little lip on the top of the box. So they're saying that this thing is waterproof. I wouldn't go and submerge it. I don't really see any conformal coating on that receiver. So if that gets wet, that could be a problem. I would just say it's more splash resistant. Then, of course, I got to show you the radio system. So here is that 2.4 gig radio. We saw this on the Ridge Racer. Looks like I got number 525. That's pretty cool. Not a fan of the steering wheel. Doesn't have any foam on it. But it does have these basic trims. So you go just tune everything. Here are those tie rods I mentioned before. You get some Allen wrenches, your instruction manual, a servo mount. I believe this is for putting a standard servo in there and some more tools. These decals, I believe, are for the light bar. And here is the battery pack I'm dropping in. It's from Turnigy. And that's actually already charged up because I'm ready to head outside and see what this beast could do. Well, drivers, if you watch the channel, you know this is the perfect spot for this beast. The sand lot. Plenty of dirt to rip up here. We've got some hills to hit. We're going to get wild with this beast. Got to hit the berm, right? Oh, look at that suspension work. That is sick, guys. Love watching the suspension work on an Ultra 4. Let's hit this thing hard. Yeah, plenty of power. And stable, too. When these things hit the berm, that suspension digs in. Those gnarly tires dig in. It usually wants to flip, but this is pretty stable. All right, I had to hit the big mound, RC drivers. All I want for Christmas is a big mound of dirt on a nice size lot. Is that too much to ask? Look at this thing ripping it up. This is a beast. It looks so good. Taking it hard. It just handles so good. Oh, nose dive. Did you see that? This is pure action, guys. Definitely holding up to the fun haver name. Off the hill, into the weeds. Wow. Now we got to do a little hill climb action. Oh, wow. Wow. Look at that. That is incredibly stable. That is super. I mean, that is off camera there. Look at that. This is impressive. What a great looking truck. I honestly can't believe how well this thing is handling. I saw something hanging off the back. Looks like we lost a wire already. Oh, no. New vantage point, top of the hill. Let's send this thing up the hill. Yeah, we got some rocks in the drivetrain though. Sounds a little gnarly. I've lost my rear lights. I've got one headlight out. It's still laying down power. That's all that matters, right? That's awesome. We'll send it through this way. Oh, now's probably a good time to tell you guys that it does have stability in it. It does have like a gyro in the receiver. So it is getting some correction. One thing I forgot to mention back in the studio. Yeah, that was some serious air. Wasn't the prettiest of landing, but it's still on all four wheels. Again, this is super soft sand. Hill climb. Man, this truck is awesome. Just like the Ridge Racer, just more exciting looking. It does land on the wheels most of the time. That's pretty cool, right? I'm just beating on this thing, guys. Just hammering on the throttle. You know what? This is where it's at, guys. Just watching that suspension soak up those bumps. Totally worth it. So what do you think, RC drivers? I know it's the Ridge Racer with a couple tweaks and a new body, but I think it's just awesome. I'm having so much fun with this truck. It's got a lot of power. It's got style. Do you think it's worth what they're asking for? Let me know in the comments section below. So that gear sound may have turned into something else. Back to the workshop. So obviously the Bronco is pretty awesome to drive. There's no doubt about that. It's fast. It handles that rough stuff really well. Steer is pretty good, too. I was surprised since that servo saver spring is so soft, and it jumps pretty well. I mean, it does buck up here and there, but that's kind of a known trait for a solid axle rear truck, and this thing just looks awesome out on the dirt. However, there's a couple things that you should know before you buy, or actually I should say after you buy, and it's small things. And it's things like the wires, the wires that came undone. I think you guys should go and add some hot glue or something to all the connectors because they pretty much all came apart. And with the wires flopping around in the rear, just help hold everything apart. And I think all those wires need to be taped down. Maybe get yourself some Gorilla Tape, and again, glue up the connectors, or at least tape the connectors down so it doesn't fall apart on you. The other thing to know is the inner chassis cover. This pretty much came off on the first run, and it was actually hard to get this off to begin with just on the truck because it's got these little side pieces that prevent you from pulling it apart. But nonetheless, it just came off on its own. There's not a lot for this Velcro to stick to, and it came off and it got covered in sand, so it's pretty much useless at this point. They really should have had some sort of body mounts or something with a body clip to hold this down on the inside just so it's easier to get off, easier to use, so it actually stay there. So that's another downside. You're going to have to figure out a way to put this in and secure it because it really needs it. I got so much sand in the battery tray that it took me about five minutes to get the thing out of the tray. It was just all wedged in there with the sand, so it definitely needs this. And then finally, what actually shut down my run was the pinion gear fell off, and I thought it was some sort of internal gear issue. I probably should have checked it. I probably could have fixed it there at the field, but just go through the truck, double check the screws, especially that pinion set screw. And finally, guys, add some Gorilla Tape to the inner fenders or the inner hood here so the tires don't scrape away at the body and ruin this awesome looking body shell. Absolutely love the look, love the drive. Just a couple little tweaks that need to be fixed, and this is an awesome truck. If you have to have one, I'll have links for it in the video description below.